"wave the bloody shirt" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: En-au-wave the bloody shirt.ogg [Australia] Forms: waves the bloody shirt [present, singular, third-person], waving the bloody shirt [participle, present], waved the bloody shirt [participle, past], waved the bloody shirt [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} wave the bloody shirt (third-person singular simple present waves the bloody shirt, present participle waving the bloody shirt, simple past and past participle waved the bloody shirt)
  1. (US politics, slang) To mention martyrs and wars (especially the American Civil War) in an effort to draw empathy. Tags: US, slang Categories (topical): American Civil War, US politics

Inflected forms

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